NATUGEL 2024 - Natural Hydrogels for Applications in Tissue Engineering
The upcoming international workshop Natural Hydrogels for applications in tissue engineering (NATUGEL 2024) at Hannover, Germany will be held from 3-5 September 2024 as an exchange platform for experts and researchers in the disciplines of hydrogels, drug release, plant extracts for medical application as a novel application in tissue engineering.
During this period, participants will come together to share and gain knowledge, exchange their skills, and benefit from numerous opportunities for personal growth in their studies and research.
The workshop will take place in person at the Leibniz University Hannover, specifically at the Institute for Multiphase Processes (IMP) and the Lower Saxony Center for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development (NIFE). The scientific agenda will cover topics including hydrogels, the enhancement of drug release through magnetic nanoparticles, plant extracts, and tissue engineering.
We are pleased to invite you to join NATUGEL 2024. We are confident that your participation will stimulate international cooperation between the scientific community and will be an unforgettable experience for all the participants.
Students are explicitly invited to attend the event. Please register by emailing lealmarin@imp.uni-hannover.de.
Note: Each fully attended day of the workshop can be approved as one day of excursion .
IMPORTANT DATES
Date of workshop: 3-5 September 2024
Deadline abstract submission: 30 April 2024
TOPICS
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Hydrogels
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Nanoparticles
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Drug release
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Tissue regeneration
AGENDA
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 – Campus mechanical engineering Garbsen | ||
Room 028 Building 8143 | ||
9:00-9:30 | Registration | |
9:30-10:15 | Opening words and presentation Natugel | |
10:15-10:30 | Coffee break | |
10:30-11:30 | Plenary lecture: Nanoparticles in tissue engineering | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Cryonano. Novel approach for cryopreservation of tissue-engineered constructs. Sara Leal Marin, Institute for Multiphase Processes, Leibniz University Hannover |
| 11:00-11:30 | Solution combustion synthesis to obtain ceramic nanoparticles. Alex Lopera, Universidad Nacional de Colombia |
11:30-12:30 | Lunch | |
12:30-14:00 | Section 1: Hydrogels in tissue engineering | |
| 12:30-13:00 | New microgels and hydrogels for cancer therapies and liver regeneration. Gloria Gallego Ferrer, Polytechnic University of Valencia |
| 13:00-13:30 | Artificial blood replacement. Christina Winkler, Institute for Multiphase Processes, Leibniz University Hannover |
| 13:30-13:45 | Alginate beads. Oleksandra Hubenia, Institute for Multiphase Processes, Leibniz University Hannover |
| 13:45-14:15 | Workshop Science communication Part I. Nicolas Rivoallan, Institute for Multiphase Processes, Leibniz University Hannover |
14:15-14:30 | Coffee break | |
14:30-15:30 | Section 2: Magnetic hydrogels | |
| 14:30-15:00 | Magnetic hydrogels as drug delivery vehicles for potential cancer treatment. Juan Vaca, Universidad Nacional de Colombia |
| 15:00-15:15 | Toward Artificial Blood: Controllable Drug Delivery from Hydrogel-Based Artificial RBCs. Tom Bode, Institute for Multiphase Processes, Leibniz University Hannover |
| 15:15-15:30 | Wearable stimulator for magnetic hydrogels. Lukas Tilch, Institute for Multiphase Processes, Leibniz University Hannover |
16:00-21:00 | Guided tour of Hannover city center and get-together | |
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 – Campus mechanical engineering Garbsen | ||
Room 028 Building 8143 | ||
9:30-11:00 | Lab Tour - Panel discussion | |
| 9:30-10:30 | Laboratory tour |
10:30-10:45 | Coffee break | |
| 10:45-11:45 | Discussion of future funding proposals |
11:45-13:00 | Lunch | |
13:00-16:00 | Plenary lecture: Hydrogels for soft tissues | |
| 13:00-13:30 | Composite hydrogels containing bioactive glass nanoparticles for 3D bioprinting and tissue engineering. Prof. Aldo Boccacini, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany |
| 13:30-13:45 | Fabrication and characterization of fiber-reinforced hydrogels for tissue engineering applications. Jan Drexler, Institute for Multiphase Processes, Leibniz University Hannover |
| 13:45-14:00 | Morphological characterization of healthy and pathological muscles by optical coherence tomography and image analysis. Juan Felipe Escobar Huertas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia |
| 14:00-14:30 | Silk Fibroin Hydrogels as a Biocompatible Scaffold for Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Neurodegenerative Retinal Diseases. Prof. Fivos Panesos, Complutense University Madrid |
14:30-15:00 | Coffee break | |
15:00-16:00 | Workshop Science Communication Part II. Nicolas Rivoallan, Institute for Multiphase Processes, Leibniz University Hannover | |
18:30-21:00 | Event dinner - Die Schmiede Schmiedestraße 39, 30159 Hannover | |
Thursday, September 5, 2024 – Campus mechanical engineering Garbsen | ||
Room 028 Building 8143 | ||
9:00-10:00 | Plenary lecture: Characterization of hydrogels as treatment | |
| 9:00-9:30 | Working principles of rheometers and how they can be used to characterize hydrogels. Dr. Sascha Peter. NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH, Germany |
| 9:30-10:00 | Evaluating gelatin-based hydrogels for colon and pancreas studies using 3D in vitro cell culture. Ignacio Ochoa Garido, Tissue Microenvironment Lab (TME LAB) of the Institute for Health Research Aragón (IIS ARAGON), Spain. |
| 10:00-10:30 | The Role of Mechanical Properties and Structure of Type I Collagen Hydrogels on Colorectal Cancer Cell Migration. Hector Alfonso Castro, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain. |
10:30-10:45 | Coffee break | |
10:45-11:45 | Section 3: Design of hydrogels | |
| 10:45-11:15 | Design of Hydrogels for 3D Cell Culture. Dagmar Brislinger, Medizinische Universität Graz, Austria. |
| 11:15-11:45 | Nanoparticle and nanoparticle-based gel assembly for hyperthermia, Leibniz University Hannover. Dr.Irene Morales Casero, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Leibniz University Hannover |
11:45-13:00 | Lunch | |
13:00-14:00 | Practical experience: Rheological characterization of hydrogels - Q&A session for rheological measurements of hydrogels. Florian Rummel, NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH, Germany | |
14:00-14:30 | Coffee break and closing words | |
Termin
03. Sep. 2024 05. Sep. 2024Ort
Institute for Multiphase ProcessesGeb.: 8143
Raum: 028
